What is schizophrenia? ~A long-term mental health disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between, thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
Category of schizophrenia ~ Personality disorder
Signs ~Social withdrawl ~Suspiciousness ~Deterioration of personal hygiene ~Flat, expressionless gaze ~Inability to cry or express joy ~Inappropriate laughter or crying ~Depression ~Oversleeping/Insomnia ~Odd or irrational statements ~Forgetful ~Extreme reaction of criticism ~Strange way of speaking
Symptoms ~Delusions ~Hallucinations ~Disorganized speech ~Disorganized behavior ~Lack of emotional symptoms ~Lack of interest or enthusiasm ~Speech difficulties and abnormalities
What causes it? ~Mental health experts are not exactly sure what causes it. ~It is shown that if a family member has schizophrenia then you are more likely to have it. ~Environmental events
Is schizophrenia genetic? ~If a third degree relative has it you are twice as likely to get it. ~Not entirely genetic ~They believe that there are a number if genes that contribute to schizophrenia but none have full responsibility.
Is it common in families? ~It is common in families
General public perception of the disorder ~people are more worried about schizophrenia than any other disorder.
Treatment Medications ~controls the symptoms ~helps 70% of the people who take them ~may cause side affects ~might have to take more than one drug to control all symptomsMultiple Personality Supplemental therapies ~help manage depression, social interactions, school, work, and components for a full life.
Schizophrenia
What is schizophrenia?~A long-term mental health disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between, thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
Category of schizophrenia
~ Personality disorder
Signs
~Social withdrawl
~Suspiciousness
~Deterioration of personal hygiene
~Flat, expressionless gaze
~Inability to cry or express joy
~Inappropriate laughter or crying
~Depression
~Oversleeping/Insomnia
~Odd or irrational statements
~Forgetful
~Extreme reaction of criticism
~Strange way of speaking
Symptoms
~Delusions
~Hallucinations
~Disorganized speech
~Disorganized behavior
~Lack of emotional symptoms
~Lack of interest or enthusiasm
~Speech difficulties and abnormalities
What causes it?
~Mental health experts are not exactly sure what causes it.
~It is shown that if a family member has schizophrenia then you are more likely to have it.
~Environmental events
Is schizophrenia genetic?
~If a third degree relative has it you are twice as likely to get it.
~Not entirely genetic
~They believe that there are a number if genes that contribute to schizophrenia but none have full responsibility.
Is it common in families?
~It is common in families
General public perception of the disorder
~people are more worried about schizophrenia than any other disorder.
Treatment
Medications
~controls the symptoms
~helps 70% of the people who take them
~may cause side affects
~might have to take more than one drug to control all symptomsMultiple Personality
Supplemental therapies
~help manage depression, social interactions, school, work, and components for a full life.
Multiple Personality
Encyclopedia world book
~volume 17
http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com/article/289?search=schizophrenia
http://www.schizophrenia.com/research/hereditygen.htm
http://www.helpguide.org/menatl.schizophrenia_symptom.html
http://www.schizophrenia.com/sztreat.html
http://www.schizophrenia.com/research/hereditygen.html
Kyleigh & Rhiannon